Standing Group of Experts on ASF in Europe under the GF-TADs umbrella 16th meeting (SGE ASF16) November 2020 ASF Serbian experience EARLY REACTION AND CONTROL MEASURES IN DOMESTIC PIGS S E R B I A NUMBER OF MARKED AND REGISTERED PIGS IN RS 2019. Total Number of marked pigs Holding Small Medium Big farm farm comercial DISTRICT farm BEOGRAD 10,587 25,310 7,348 26,155 69,400 BORSKI 5,785 1,010 619 7,414 BRANIČEVSKI 6,293 10,445 4,630 51,409 72,777 JABLANIČKI 7,862 6,859 1,748 5,399 21,868 JUŽNO-BANATSKI 10,898 7,526 3,825 139,800 162,049 JUŽNO-BAČKI 7,917 34,670 35,542 284,113 362,242 KOLUBARSKI 12,410 37,092 11,277 1,714 62,493 MAČVANSKI 16,539 146,467 153,052 101,234 417,292 MORAVIČKI 4,381 5,914 5,935 568 16,798 NIŠAVSKI 5,391 7,192 1,982 1,498 16,063 PIROTSKI 4,635 1,562 111 1,073 7,381 PODUNAVSKI 5,258 13,692 12,101 49,577 80,628 POMORAVSKI 5,446 18,212 7,440 530 31,628 PČINJSKI 2,637 392 134 3,163 RASINSKI 12,801 53,974 7,756 4,956 79,487 RAŠKI 3,743 3,577 2,897 14,704 24,921 SEVERNO-BANATSKI 8,201 20,665 19,356 172,764 220,986 SEVERNO-BAČKI 2,891 35,074 58,912 230,311 327,188 SREDNJE-BANATSKI 16,568 24,889 11,348 54,161 106,966 SREMSKI 11,792 105,698 132,770 212,914 463,174 TOPLIČKI 1,082 1,224 115 23,172 25,593 ZAJEČARSKI 7,236 8,983 651 37,592 54,462 ZAPADNO-BAČKI 4,693 37,385 30,990 128,234 201,302 ZLATIBORSKI 4,550 1,282 552 6,384 ŠUMADIJSKI 13,135 14,941 4,079 15,285 47,440 Grand Total 192,731 624,035 515,170 1,557,163 2,889,099 Domestic pigs population • in 2019, a total of 74,985 pig holdings were registered in Serbia, of which: • 50,1251 kept up to 10 pigs, • 21, 741 kept 10 to 100 pigs, • medium commercial farms of 100 to 500 pigs- 2,721 • large commercial farms with more than 500 pigs- 398. • The highest density of holdings is in the northwest part of the country. NUMBER AND CATEGORY OF HOLDING NUMBER OF MARKED AND REGISTERED RELATIVE TO NUMBER OF PIGS BY PIGS IN RS 2019 DISTRICTS IN RS IN 2019 7% 21% 4%0% HOLDING < 10 PIGS 29% SMALL FARM WITH 54% 67% < 100 >10 pigs Medium farm < 500 > 100pigs 18% Big comercial farm > 500 pigs Holding Small farm Medium farm Big comercial farm Domestic pig Population -density map- Wild boar Population -density map- app. 30.000 wild boars VETERINARY SYSTEM - app.2500 veterinarians involved - 355 veterinary stations (staffed with a minimum of three veterinarians - 627 veterinary ambulances (staffed with a minimum of one veterinarian). - 12 veterinary institutes (ten specialistic ant two scientific) Standing Group of Experts on ASF in Europe under the GF-TADs umbrella ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS IN SERBIA (25) 12 Regional crisis centres 4 RAPID RESPONSE CENTERS: 1. SVI NOVI SAD 2. SVI S BELGRADE 3. VSI KRALJEVO 4. VSI NIS ASF IN SERBIA domestic pigs 2019 Srpski Itebej 12.sept.2019. V.Krsna Kusadak Rabrovac ASF in domestic pigs - 30.July to 12.September ❖ Despite the primary identified risk zones in order to enhance surveillance and control measures within the bordering regions to Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the first appearance of ASF in domestic pigs happend in 17 outbreaks (three settlements- Rabrovac, Velika Krsna, Kusadak, two municipalities -Mladenovac, Smederevska Palanka and two districts- City of Belgrade, Podunavski). in the central parts of the country.(31/7-19/8) ❖ Finaly, the 18th outbrek occured in the village of Srpski Itebej (municipality of Žitište, Srednjebanatski district), close to the Romanian border.(12/9). ❖ In total 634 pigs were distroyed in 47 holdings ❖ No big/commercial farms were affected. ❖ After the appropriate measures applied with no positive results or evidence of presence and spreading of ASF were found during the overall surveillance, the outbreaks were officially reported in December to OIE as resolved Standing Group of Experts on ASF in Europe under the GF-TADs umbrella Geodistribution 2019 Standing Group of Experts on ASF in Europe under the GF-TADs umbrella STAMPINNG OUT/PREVENTIVE DEPOPULATION ON CONTACT HOLDINGS RABROVAC – 31/7.- stamping out on infected holding (24 pigs culled) – 31/7. – stamping out of 202 pigs on 17 contact holdings – Out of 17 samples taken during stamping out 8 positive ,9 negative – 30. – 31/7. 1447 pigs in Positive negative samples in Rabrovac 124 holdings were clinicaly examined Depopulation zone in Rabrovac (Šume) STAMPING OUT/PREVENTIVE DEPOPULATION ON CONTACT HOLDINGS ❑ 1/8.- new outbreak in Velika Krsna ❑1.-2/8. stamping out of 75 pigs in 8 contact holdings ❑3-4/8. 2.550 pigs in 246 holdings were examined Legal base ACTIVITIES • The official ordinance on establishing protection and surveillance zones were issued • The emergency headquarters (Regional/Local Crisis Centers were established AND ENFORCED • The Govermant „Order on taking measures to prevent the immediation, emergency, detection, distribution, eradication, and eradication of ASF (pestis suum africana) in the Republic of Serbia“ including the implementing Directive ammended and adopted • The „Plan of surveillance and diagnostic tests on the african swine fever (ASF) in domestic pigs for 2019 and 2020 “ adopted • EUVET team“ visit (14-16 AUGUST 2019.) • GF-TADs Veterinary Mission on ASF (10-13 December.2019) • The ordinance of establishing the infected zone and additional protection (buffer) zone on asf in wild boar • The Instruction and quidelines for hunters and hunting activities Standing Group of Experts on ASF in Europe under the GF-TADs umbrella The plan on asf surveillance and diagnostic tests in domestic pigs 16.9-1.12.2019 • The specific surveillance program was carried out throughout entire teritorry of the Country by veterinary institutes and veterinary service under the Animal Health Measures Program, adopted on annual basis, with the aims to do: • Active surveillance: • Visiting farms/holdings, clinical examination of pigs, determining the health status of holdings and completing the Questionnaire, carried out every 7-14 days • Rising awareness campaigne for farmers and pig holders • Passive surveillance: • Diagnostic examination (clinical and laboratory) for the presence of the African swine fever virus genome to determine the health status of pigs on the holdings/farms and epidemiological situation in the Country. • Diagnostic examination (clinical and laboratory) for the presence of the African swine fever virus genome and antibodies in affected (restriction) zone. • The target group for testing on African swine fever virus includes dead or sick domestic pigs older than 2 months, or any other category in case no pigs older than 2 months are present at the farms/households. THE PLAN ASF SURVEILLANCE AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTS IN DOMESTIC PIGS results 16-9-1-12-2019. Number of farm visits with questionnaire completion and number of samples taken Total number Total number of of visits / No VSI/NIV Veterinary stations Veterinary services on farms blood taken on a questionnaires swab Number of visits / completed Number of visits / Number of blood taken Number of blood taken on a questionnaires questionnaires completed on a swab swab completed 1 VSI "SUBOTICA" 11,720 1,343 44 638 11,764 1,981 2 VSI "SOMBOR" 14,257 255 47 206 14,304 461 3 VSI "ZRENJANIN" 33,990 795 122 1,051 34,112 1,846 4 VSI "PANČEVO" 18,708 102 106 343 18,814 445 5 VSI "JAGODINA" 23,926 74 0 0 23,926 74 6 VSI "POŽAREVAC" 20,492 357 42 92 20,534 449 7 VSI "ZAJEČAR" 20,143 23 15 53 20,158 76 8 VSI "NIŠ" 42,043 548 11 38 42,054 586 9 VSI "KRALJEVO" 46,347 53 19 0 46,366 53 10 NIV "NOVI SAD" 41,944 1,821 154 1,452 42,098 3,273 11 VSI "ŠABAC" 58,951 2,923 0 0 58,951 2,923 12 NIV SRBIJE 14,344 4129 110 0 14,454 4,129 TOTAL 346,865 12,423 670 3,873 347,535 16,296 ASF IN DOMESTIC PIGS 2020 Outbreak in Vrandol, Pirot district ❖ The first case of ASF in domestic pigs was confirmed on 30/06/2020. in Vrandol village, Municipality of Bela Palanka in the Pirot administrative district, in three holdings which were the only outbreakes in the first semester of 2020. The disease was confirmed in 12 pigs (6 dead and 6 killed). Finaly, out of 180 distroyed pigs in three villages and 12 holdings 39 were positive. ❖ Nevertheless, assuming that the virus can spread to the wild and domestic population, there were preventive culling foreseen and conducted within infected areas in non-affected holdings/backyards with low biosecurity level, during which 1977 domestic pigs on 521 small holdings were destroyed or slaughtered in addition. ASF IN DOMESTIC PIGS 2020 Outbreak in Akeksandrovac, Bor district - At the time of confirmation of the occurrence, ASF was confirmed in 4 pigs on 3 holdings. By the decision of the Veterinary Directotate on 15/9/2020, the protection zone, from outbreak in the village of Aleksandrovac, near the Bulgarian border (2 km), which includes three settlements, and the surveillance zone of the municipality of Negotin in the Bor administrative district, was declared. - Preventive depopulation of pigs on farms with a low level of biosecurity was carried out. A total of 174 pigs were euthanized in 33 farms in the settlement of Aleksandrovac, in order to prevent the spread of the disease.